After entering the playoffs, the Thunder team has always responded with the most complete lineup, and the Thunder team still put on their strongest starting lineup in this game. Westbrook, Saab. Seflosha, Kevin. Durant, Serge. Ibaka, Kendrick. Perkins was all on the field, and the sixth man of the season was James Brown, who was the sixth man of the season off the bench. Harden is ready to make an appearance.

The Kings are also free of injuries now, and this conversation between the two teams can be said to be the pinnacle of the showdown presented in the strongest form of the two teams today!

Cousins and Perkins jumped in the middle circle, and the Kings were the first to get the ball, and Caron, who got the ball. Butler gives the ball to Tyreck, and the first round of the game officially begins!

Tyrek holds the ball up front, and opposite him is Saab. Seforosa. Seforosa was an important part of the Thunder's starting lineup, and as a member of the 2nd Team of the All-Defensive Team in the 09-10 season, the defensive style was similar to that of the Grizzlies' defensive stalwart. Allen is similar, Seforosa is the Thunder's undeserved outside leader, Westbrook's defensive enthusiasm is good, but the defensive skills are average, but with Seforosha, Westbrook's defensive pressure will be greatly reduced, once there is a gambling steal failed, there is also Seforosa to fill the position, his tactical position in the Thunder team is like the Kings' Jimmy. Butler.

However, looking at the defensive performance of the two this season, Jimmy's limiting ability is still better, and his defense is more ferocious and ruthless, but Seforosa also has a stable corner three-point ability, which Jimmy, who is currently shooting close to zero, cannot provide.

As the starting second position of the Thunder, a defensive knife like Seforosa fights with the opponent's main team, so that the Thunder's outside defense has full thickness, and the offensive end is handled by the two superstars of Durant and Westbrook, while the super scorer Harden, who has weak defensive ability, can continue to maintain the offensive firepower of the Thunder with the second team, and the Thunder's lineup can be said to be the envy of everyone.

In two consecutive rounds of the series, Tyrek faced the league's top outside defenders, which was a continuous test of Tyreco's personal offensive ability, facing Seforosha, who had strong single defense ability, Tyreco's first breakthrough ended in failure, Seforosa judged very accurately, and at the same time forced Tyrek to the dead corner to form a trap with Westbrook, fortunately, Tyrek reacted quickly and immediately chose to separate the ball and give it to the hands of West on the inside.

West faced Ibaka, who ranked second in the Best Defensive Player selection this season, with his back to the ball, swaying left and right and turning over and stepping back to shoot a jumper, Ibaka flew to block and failed, West hit the first goal of the game!

West was in good shape in this game, and the Kings had an advantage over the Thunder on the strong interior. As a strong contender for the best defensive player this season, Ibaka has the league's top defensive ability, but the top defense ability is weak, facing the short and strong forward West who is strong and has a precise mid-range, Ibaka's unilateral effect is not good, and the meat shield-type defensive center Perkins is even more stressed in the face of Cousins, who has no dead ends in offensive means, and scored 41 and 30 points respectively in two consecutive faces against the Thunder at the beginning of the season. It is enough to see that the Thunder's seemingly strong interior defense is not easy for the Kings' interior combination.

The Kings' interior combination is indeed strong, but basketball looks at the comprehensive strength of the entire team, and the two strongest points of the Thunder are twin stars Durant and Westbrook!

After West scored the first goal of the Kings, the Thunder controlled the pace of the game at home with Durant and Westbrook, and Durant showed great vitality on both offensive and defensive ends, facing Caron, who defended himself. Butler, Durant opened the game for the team with two beautiful mid-range shots at the beginning, and Durant also completed a wonderful defense on the defensive end. Cousins singled Perkins, and it looked like a beautiful turn to wipe Perkins over, and Durant came out of nowhere, flying out of a super hot pot while Cousins made a layup!

This block also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans of Pisacek Energy Arena for the first time!

With Durant open, Westbrook, another big offensive killer, was given more space, and against Jimmy, who was defending himself today, Westbrook delivered his most explosive goal since the opening game after his first shot was deflected. Westbrook scored in the front court, a quick change of direction in front of the body, with his amazing first step, directly from the left side of the breakthrough Jimmy, Jimmy wanted to chase the defense, Ibaka stepped forward in time to block Jimmy with his body to create a vast offensive space for Westbrook, as Westbrook stretched his body to complete a "C" shape, one-handed ball tomahawk dunk!

Cousins tried to block it, but Westbrook had already bounced it, and the ball was a must-go, and Cousins had to watch Westbrook complete the dunk.

The fans cheered, and in just a few minutes of the opening game, the Thunder opened up the score gap between the two sides.

Although it is a bit difficult for the Kings to defend a few scoring points alone, the Thunder rely on excellent switching and assistance defense to make it difficult for the Kings to have room to play, even if Tyrek passes Seflosha, Durant or Ibaka on the front line will inevitably step forward to help defend, and since West scored the first goal, due to West's slow speed, once he tries to play Ibaka, he will inevitably be trapped, Cousins basically does not have the opportunity to play Perkins alone, and Ibaka, who has the strongest interior defense ability in the league, always pays attention to him.

The Thunder, who have the best offensive and defensive talents in the league, have almost no weaknesses in front of the Kings, and what is even more exaggerated is that Harden, the league's best sixth man on the bench, has not yet played!

The Thunder's 12-4 spurt put the score at 17-7 five minutes into the game, and the Kings were forced to call a timeout.

"Perfect start! Bryan, the team completely overwhelmed the Kings on both offensive and defensive ends at the beginning, and Tyrek, who ranked second on the MVP list this season. Evans has yet to find his form under Saab's tight defence so far, and we currently have the upper hand in the clash between two of the league's most promising young forces! As I've always believed, the talent we have on our team is absolutely historic, and the Kings' regular season record does look like a bluff, but their hard power is definitely not comparable to ours! ”